Need some help getting started on our site? Well come take a quick look with me. I’ll take you on a quick tour of how to send your very own card. Watch our new video tutorial today!
Enjoy!
Megan
“It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want - oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!”
~Mark Twain
It’s Semana Santa here in Oaxaca. Everyone is heading off to the beach, or back to their hometowns to be with family. The festivities have already begun around the city. Several days ago we saw Samartiano, the fourth Friday of Lent, in which churches, hotels, hostels, stores, restaurants all around town offer cups of fresh, flavored waters to passerby in the street, reenacting the story of Jesus’ stop in Sicar, when a woman offered him water from a well. While Easter is one of the biggest celebrations of the year in Mexico, you can sense a change in the air beyond just this religious ceremony. Nature signals that time is turning, too. The Jacaranda trees are all in bloom, spreading their purple flowers all over the cobblestone streets in my neighborhood. The blazing sun, and stifling heat is now occasionally broken by tiny showers (or chispita in Spanish) in the afternoons. Bees, iguanas, mosquitoes and cockroaches all seem to be making their appearance, too, escaping into our homes to escape the sun.
Has Spring arrived in your neck of the woods? What does it look like? Smell like? Sound like? We’d like to know. Snap a picture, post it and share it with us through Facebook or Flickr. Let HarmonyWishes be a part of your transition from Winter to Spring.
We’ve got a lot of new images up in the galleries these days. You can find some spring-inspired photos and paintings, that share the beauty and transformation of this season. Take a peak with our newest slide show posted here. Or check it out on our YouTube page. Let us know what you think!
Happy Spring!
Megan
Every spring is the only spring - a perpetual astonishment. ~Ellis Peters
Here in Mexico Valentine’s Day bears a different name: Día de Amor y Amistad (Day of Love and Friendship). While it could be a clever marketing strategy to expand the pool of people for which you can potentially present valentines, I enjoy that the 14th need not be a day only celebrated by the romantically entwined. I think my cohorts here at HarmonyWishes would say the same. You don’t need a reason to reach out and let the people most important to you know you care; but a day of love and friendship certainly is a good pretext.
So whatever reason you have to celebrate the day, let us help you send a message that is personal, thoughtful and creative. We’ve got some new images up just for the occasion. So stop by the galleries and look around! Or take a quick tour here:
Con cariño,
Megan
Greetings All…
We’ve got a new round of images up today - Nina E. Hauser’s work ranges from quirky (ok, who wouldn’t want a card with a bunch of sheep?) to contemplative. HarmonyWishes art director contributions include one that is just plain fun (check out the ubiquitous yellow and green auto rickshaws from India). For you car collectors, there is “Vette Mirror” and for those with an architectural bent, the beautiful “Lincoln Glow”, both by Martin Heavner.
Check out the rest at HarmonyWishes. Enjoy, send and tell your friends! The holidays are approaching and HarmonyWishes is the best way to keep in touch with friends and family.
Vette Mirror ~ Copyright Martin Heavner
Sun is Promised ~ Copyright Nina E. Hauser
Green Salad ~ Copyright Nina E. Hauser
Lincoln Glow ~ Copyright Martin Heavner
Auto Rickshaw ~ Copyright HarmonyWishes
Help change the world one ecard at a time…
Staying in touch has never been so creative.
Cheers!
Meg
Mil gracias to Megan, our MOC (Media Outreach Coordinator), for her work in putting together our new HarmonyWishes Soundslide! Take a look at some of the great images you will find on our site - we’ll be putting together more soundslides as time goes by to showcase certain artists or themes.
There’s more to see over at HarmonyWishes so check us out!
This month’s new images are available for use! We are approaching 300 images in our E-card galleries and love to introduce new artists to you as well as expand the work available from some of the artists you already know. Today’s new images include work from Stefanie Graves, David Lucht, Giovanna Gazzolo and our own Art Director, Michael Matlach. Their work represents the diverse content that HarmonyWishes is known for!
Here’s a brief sample. Take a peek at HarmonyWishes e-card site for more!
"Amigas Viejas" ~ Copyright 2005 ~ Stefanie Graves
"Floating" ~ Copyright 2008 ~ David Lucht
"Black Dancers" ~ Copyright 2007 ~ Giovanna Gazzolo
Stone Musicians ~ Copyright 2009 ~ HarmonyWishes,inc
There’s much more to see, so cruise on over to HarmonyWishes to see the latest additions (hint - the most recent updates will always be found at the beginning of each gallery).
Help change the world one ecard at a time. …
Staying in touch has never been so creative.
Cheers!
Meg